Reduviidae

Medical Dictionary -> Reduviidae

Reduviidae


A family of winged insects of the suborder HETEROPTERA, called assassin bugs, because most prey on other insects. However one subfamily, TRIATOMINAE, attacks humans and other vertebrates and transmits Chagas disease.


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